Wednesday, June 2, 2010

My Best Auction Finds

I love going because every week is different. Sometimes it's a total bust and sometimes you get lucky!

You can even find things you didn't know you were looking for.

And I don't mean great finds, like the two stained glass windows, vintage bed, matching dresser, and the really cool antique scale I found today, but treasures of another sort, much more important than inventory for the barn.

Like friends.

For instance, there's Carol and Carla.

I met them about eight or nine months ago when we were bidding against each other on an enormous, vintage chalkboard that ended up on my dining room wall.

I was the winner that day in more ways than one because

Carol and Carla became my friends.

I look forward to seeing them each week because they're lovely!

They're fun, they're supportive, they're sassy (Oh, do they get cranky when people bid against them!)and I love them! One week they spotted a crate of old "Kramer Beverage" soda bottles, and pretty much guaranteed no one else would get them but me.(The Kramer Angle)

They're just genuinely nice women.

I adore them and if they like me half as much as I like them, I'm a lucky woman!

3 comments:

gail- you are so kind!! you know i am always thrilled when i see you at the auction. you are one of those rare gems of people who are gorgeous inside and out, and you have an incredible gift to lift people up (figuratively i mean, of course!), and you are down to earth when it comes to auctions! you really are one of the warmest spirts i know. i have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you over the past year. maybe one day we will even get to work together!